ORDINATION PHOTOGRAPHY 2025

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Monday 30th June
Reception of the Cassock and Incardinations

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Tuesday 1st July
Tonsures and Minor Orders conferred by Bishop Madega of Mouila, Gabon

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Wednesday 2nd July
Presentation of the Choir garment for future Canons and
Reception of the Cross of St. Francis de Sales for future Deacons

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Wednesday 2nd July
Ordinations to the Diaconate and Subdiaconate
conferred by Bishop Finn, Emeritus of Kansas City, USA

 

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Thursday 3rd July
Ordinations to the Priesthood
conferred by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke

 

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Thursday 3rd July
Te Deum, Dinner and Fireworks

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Friday 4th July
First Masses

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† IN MEMORIAM: REV. FATHER GERARD MCGUINESS †

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Called to Eternal Rest: 9 July 2025

Father Gerard McGuiness, beloved priest of the Diocese of Shrewsbury and in particular St Winefride’s, entered into his Eternal Reward earlier today, following over sixty years of devoted priestly service.

Having celebrated his Diamond Jubilee in June 2023, Father Gerard was a steadfast shepherd. He ministered with humility and fidelity, demonstrating a profound reverence for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. A strong supporter of the Vetus Ordo, he, alongside the late William Quirk of the Latin Mass Society—ensured its continued celebration through leaner times, providing spiritual sustenance to the faithful in Shrewsbury.

Father had a great devotion to Ss Thomas Moore and John Fisher – poignant that he was called to his Heavenly rest on their feast day.

His legacy endures in the hearts of those he served and in the presence of the Institute today. May Christ, the Eternal High Priest, welcome him into the joy of Heaven, and may perpetual light shine upon him.

ORDINATION WEEK 2025

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Last week was “Ordination Week” at the Institute’s seminary at Gricigliano in Italy. 

On Tuesday, July 1, the tonsure and minor orders were conferred by Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan (Bishop of Mouila in Gabon). 

Five deacons and ten subdeacons were ordained on Wednesday, July 2 by Bishop Robert Finn. 

On Thursday, July 3, His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke ordained six men to the sacred priesthood, including an Englishman, Canon Joseph McCowen. Canon is familar to those attend Mass in New Brighton and Preston. He joins his brother, Canon Michael McCowen in Christ’s vineyard for Eternity.

(Photo Una Voce Sevilla)

HABEMUS PAPAM

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We have a Pope!

The Sacred College of Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Prevost to be the 267th Pope and successor of St Peter. The new Pope will take the name Pope Leo XIV.

Ordained Priest in 1982, he was consecrated Bishop in 2014. Pope Francis created him a Cardinal in 2023. He was Prior General of the Augustinians (OSA) from 2001‍–‍2013 and later Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014‍–‍2015) before appointment in the first instance as Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru) (2014‍–‍2015) later becoming the Bishop until 2023.

Upon being given the ‘red hat’ in 2023, he was given the title Cardinal Deacon of Santa Monica (2023‍–‍2025) and was simultanously appointed as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. Earlier this year, Pope Francis made him Titular Bishop of Albano, a Suburbicarian see of the Diocese of Rome.

Orémus pro Pontífice nostro Leone XIV Let us pray for our Pontiff Leo XIV
Dóminus consérvet eum,
et vivíficet eum,
et beátum fáciat eum in terra,
et non tradat eum in ánimam inimicórum éius.
May the Lord preserve him,
and give him life,
and make him blessed on earth,
and not deliver him into the hands of his enemies. 
(Our Father, Hail Mary) (Pater, Ave)

THE DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

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Pope Francis
Born: 17 December 1936
Ordained Priest: 13 December 1969
Consecrated Bishop: 27 June 1992
Created Cardinal: 21 February 2001
Pope, Bishop of Rome, Successor of Peter and Vicar of Christ: 13 March 2013
Died: 21 April 2025

The Holy See has announced the death of Pope Francis at 0735 (Rome Time, 21 April 2025) at the Casa Santa Marta in Rome.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that by Thy command the soul of Thy servant Francis, Thy supreme Pontiff, may be counted in the company of the righteous in everlasting bliss. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

Prosit, quǽsumus, Dómine, ánimæ fámuli tui Francisci. Summi Pontificis misericórdiæ tuæ imploráta cleméntia : ut ejus, in quo sperávit et crédidit, ætérnum cápiat, te miseránte, consórtium. Per Dóminum Nostrum Iesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spiritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sæcula sæculórum.

 

ABBÉ CHARLES OUTTIER RIP

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Dear friends,

With great sadness, we commend to your prayers the repose of the soul of Charles Outtier, a French seminarian of the Institute of Christ the King in Gricigliano, who was killed on January 15 in a tractor accident on the seminary grounds while he was performing his duties. Charles Outtier was a deacon preparing for priestly ordination this coming July. His unexpected and tragic death has plunged the seminary into mourning.

Deacon Outtier edified the whole community with his joyful demeanour and his fervent devotion to his duties, his studies, and his Catholic faith. He was full of promise for his future priestly ministry. But the good Lord, who alone knows the day and hour, has called him on ahead of us. He was anointed and received the Apostolic Blessing at the moment of his death.

Please pray for Deacon Outtier’s soul, for the superiors of the Institute who must bear the loss of one of their spiritual sons, for all of his dear brothers at seminary, and for his family during their time of unspeakable grief.

Requiescat in pace

Canon Amaury Montjean

MESSAGE OF THE PRIOR GENERAL

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From the Prior General, Monsignor Gilles WACH

DEUS CARITAS EST!

Dear friends,

With the Holy Father having opened the Holy Year, I’m pleased to send you all my best wishes for this important year, which I hope will be full of heavenly graces and blessings.

It is by the side of the manger that we gather on this beautiful Christmas night, where the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph invite us to contemplate the Son of God made man.

What does this beautiful Child do? He gives us his Heart full of love, as Pope Francis teaches us in his encyclical Dilexit nos: ‘Entering into the Heart of Christ, we feel loved by a human heart filled with affections and emotions like our own. Jesus’ human will freely choose to love us, and that spiritual love is flooded with grace and charity. When we plunge into the depths of his heart, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the immense glory of his infinite love as the eternal Son, which we can no longer separate from his human love.’

Let us adore this Heart, so sacred and so good. Let us confide in Him and implore Him for the Church and the world. In this way, we will become true ‘pilgrims of hope’!

Finally, as the encyclical reminds us, let us not neglect to make reparation for all the countless offences committed by men against his ineffable goodness, his generosity and his divinity.

May the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus extend over the world and bless us all.

Happy Holy Year to all!